"Service Engine Soon" - AHHH, what am I doing wrong?
09-01-2009, 08:36 PM
#31
I just got back from the dealership.
Turns out to be a loose gas cap.
I always thought that when close the gas cap, one click was fine, but the tech rep told me that three clicks is the minimum...
So, let your gas cap click three times when you close it!
Turns out to be a loose gas cap.
I always thought that when close the gas cap, one click was fine, but the tech rep told me that three clicks is the minimum...
So, let your gas cap click three times when you close it!
09-01-2009, 09:12 PM
#33
It doesn't matter if you get the same code after the warranty ends. You pay. That repair isn't going to be warrantied a few years down the road anyway. At 200 something miles, I doubt anyone wants to go out of their way to autozone to get a code pulled, especially if there isn't one close. It won't hurt to get the code, but I don't think it's necessary this early into ownership!
09-01-2009, 09:30 PM
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09-01-2009, 09:43 PM
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Yeah, but you said "...what if you got a P1283 under warranty, and then got the same code a few years later out of warranty..." If it comes back a few years later, then you can't really blame the technician. But 2 weeks later, maybe!
Most places only warranty labor up to 3 months and parts up to 12 months. But a few years is not gonna happen!
01-20-2016, 08:02 PM
#37
I know this thread might be a bit old. But I had the loose fuel cap warning then few days later the ses came on. Now driving home I lost some power will a bad fuel cap cause that?
08-21-2016, 02:15 PM
#38
Be Careful w\ Click Count
PS-- Why aren't all of you removing your cap & INSPECTING the seal built into it??? I noted mine had a subtle tear the 2nd time I looked, so problem solved WITHOUT a code reading!!
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